ANKOR WAT
Seim Reap and Angkor Wat - Tourist Day - Tuesday, Dec. 9th
We boarded a plane at daylight to take a 40 minute flight over to Seim Reap. Located here is Angkor Wat, an ancient Buddhist temple that is considered one of the man-made wonders of the world (eighth we were told). It was huge, ornate, and exceedingly impressive. The Cambodian heritage holds this site in such high regard that Angkor Wat temple is the symbol at he center of their national flag.
Angkor Wat temple towers, the team plus Joseph Chan whose home town is Seim Reap
Angkor is considered to be the largest religious structure standing on earth today.
We also visited two smaller temples. Ankor Thom is famous for the impressive carvings of faces into the temple.
We also visited Bayon Temple. This is the temple famous for the trees that are interwoven into temple. Portions of the "Laura Croft-Tomb Raider" movie were filmed here. 
We were also honored to visit the Methodist Center for Youth in Siem Reap. It is rustic, but some development has been accomplished, additional land is now donated to the Church, and the potential for spiritual and facility growth are enormous. Our team committed to pray for development of the "Center". We have more detail on the plans for this new facility and will be making them available via this log as time allows. The dream of Joseph is to construct a center here for youth recreation and Bible study. This project will be a construction opportunity for future teams from Louisiana to serve.
Joseph gets excited as he shares with us his dreams for the camp.
Existing classroom, used for English studies and for Bible teaching.
Sanctuary room at the Center, The local pastor and family shows us around.
We also visited a Silk Farm. The facility is a training location for the Cambodians, They are able to participate in the profit sharing of the company. We were all impressed with the process and the detail involved in the making of silk that is still woven by hand. We came away with a new appreciation for silk.
Unwinding silk strands from the cocoons in boiling water. The dead worms
would taste better in crab boil...but Mike, Ken and Diane tried it anyway.
Painstaking precision...weaving by hand...symetry and warmth of the human
touch make these silk items very special.
Seems you have a great day in Cambodia. i want to meet Khmer too
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The Baylon temple rivals Mt.Rushmore in full effect! I imagine the ruins in Cambodia are much, much older than Mt. Rushmore as well. It's amazing you guys have been able to tour this place with such a great and knowledgeable guide.
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